Martin John Callanan, Baron Callanan was born on 8 August 1961 and is a British Conservative Party politician.
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12 Facts About Martin Callanan
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Martin Callanan was Member of the European Parliament for North East England from 1999 to 2014 and Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group from 2011 to 2014.
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Martin Callanan worked as an engineer at Scottish and Newcastle breweries from 1986 to 1998.
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Martin Callanan worked as a project engineer at Scottish and Newcastle breweries from 1986 to 1998, when he was elected to the European Parliament.
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Martin Callanan was a Member of the European Parliament for the North East England constituency from 1999, re-elected in 2004 and 2009.
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Martin Callanan was a member of the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and of the European Parliament's committee on the environment, public health and food safety.
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Martin Callanan was a regular contributor to ConservativeHome, writing a monthly report.
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Martin Callanan failed to win re-election in the 2014 European Parliament election, becoming the first sitting chairman of a European parliamentary group to lose his seat.
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Martin Callanan was created a life peer on 24 September 2014, taking the title Baron Martin Callanan, of Low Fell in the County of Tyne and Wear.
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Martin Callanan opposed the erection of the Angel of the North sculpture by Antony Gormley.
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